My Nutritious Delicious Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

Name: My Nutritious Delicious Strawberry Shortcake Recipe
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients: 1 cup sifted all-purpose flour; 1 cup sifted whole wheat flour; 1/4 cup ground and sifted 7 grain cereal; 4 teaspoons baking powder; 4 tablespoons healthy sugar substitue; 1/4 tsp salt; 1/3 cup shortening; 1 large egg; 2/3 cups milk; 3 pints strawberries; 1/2 cup healthy sugar substitute; 2 cups whipping cream; 1/2 cup healthy sugar substitute

My husband loves strawberry shortcake and insists I make it all the time. He recently became borderline diabetic so I've decided to try and make it more healthy...

By chow · From Open Recipes · 13 ingredients

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Why it works: Wheat and milk are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 6% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 2,418 recipes. Both carry (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal, which smells cucumber, melon. The science ↓

My Nutritious Delicious Strawberry Shortcake Recipe

8 servings

Ingredients

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

982Calories

29 gProtein

32 gFat

145 gCarbs

What these numbers assume: 9 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Flour	1 cup (125g) all-purpose	455
Milk	1 cup (244ml) whole	149
Butter	1 tbsp (14g)	102
Egg	1 large egg (50g)	78
Cream	1 tbsp (15ml) heavy	51
Sugar	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Strawberry	1 cup (152g)	49
Sugar Substitute	1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated	49
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By chow. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

Wheat + milktop 6% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together2,418 recipes

Shared aroma: (e,z)-2,6-nonadienal (cucumber, melon).
Sugar + sugar substitutetop 7% of all pairs

Smell alikestrong

Cooked together79 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).
Sugar + creamtop 9% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together43,450 recipes

Shared aroma: 2,3-butanedione (butter, sweet).
Flour + wheattop 12% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together4,373 recipes

Shared aroma: isobutyraldehyde (malty, green).
Sugar substitute + creamtop 13% of all pairs

Smell alikemoderate

Cooked together17 recipes

Shared aroma: ethanol (alcoholic, ethereal).

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